Type-writing machine.



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TYPE WRITINGMAGHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED Nom-29, 1904. BBNBWBD JULY 1s, 1908.

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TYPE WRITING MAGBINE.

APrLIoATIox FILED nov. 29, 1904. Bnmzwnn JULY 1a, 190e.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1904. VBFNEWIID JULY-13, 1908.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, 1904. RBNEWBD JULY 1s, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

CHARLES S. NICKERSON, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOE 'ro NIcIERSON ,TYPEWRITEE COMPANY, or RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2e, 190e.

Application Bled November 20, 1904, Serial No. 284,705. Renewed July 13, 1908. Serial No. 448,846.

l tion with the accomdpanying drawings, and 15` subse uently claime In t e said drawings: Figure 1 1s a central `vertical sectional view of my said machine.

Fig. 2'is a vertical sectional view, taken on.,

the line 2 2 of Fig. 3 vand illustrates the type-actuating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a view looking from the rear forward, partly in section on the line 3 3 Of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional lan view, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. ig. 5 is a detail plan view, 1:partly in section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. ig. 6 is a detail view of the line spacing mechanism, partly in section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

ig. 7 is a detail plan view ofthe paper holding mechanism, drawn to an enlarged scale partly in section On line 7 7 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail seetional view, taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 1-0 is a detail view illustrating the back Spacing levers. Fig. 11 is a detail view of the tabulating levers, partially in section on the line 11-1'1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the key lever mechanism. Fig. 1 3 is a detail view illustrating the type-adjustment. Figs. 14 and 15 are deta1 views of the Spring and spring barrel which actuate the paper carriage for the purpose of spacing.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings, indicates the surface upon which the machine rests, upon feet 2, 2, dependingv from the base-plate 3 of the mainframe.

4 designates a vertically slottedtube havin a plug 5 in its lower end, with a conical ho e in its under side, whereby the tube 4 revolves on a conical Ointed'screw 6, extending through-the said ase plate, the said tube extending upto a bearing plate 7, which projects forward from a vertical standard 8 of this bearing-plate 7 has secured thereto the upper end of the suspended inner part 9 of a semi-circular paper holder and guide, whose outer part 10 is fashioned to the baseplate 3. The lower end of the said inner art 9 is supported by a brace 11, extending l-)rcm the standard 8. Vertically movable within the tube 4, is a rod 12 having a horizontal arm 13 projecting from a through the described vertical slot in sai tube 4, said arm 13 being notched at its outer end to receive and slide upon a rod 14, whose upper end is fast to an arm 15 projecting from said slotted tube 4, and whose lower end is fast to a toothed segment16 fast on the lower end of tube 4 just above the baseplate 3. The upper end of rod 12 carries fast thereon a segment 17 on which are sulpported a pair of movable plates 18,l 18, W Ich are formed with arc-shaped downward flanges l19, 19, at their outer ends projecting over the semi circular edge of the said segment, to receive the upper ends 'of the sheet of paper (indicated at dotted lines at20 in Fi 1) which is to be written on by the macine. Each plate 18, has guide slots 21, 21, through which there pass the Shanks of guide-screws 22, 22, and the flanges 19 have screws 23 passin therethrough, with pointed ends to push t rough and securely hold Vthe paper 2O when same has been clamped ,between said flanges and the adjacent edge of the segment 17.

24, 24, designate the lheads of triggers, pivoted as shown at 25, 25, to said segment, which when the parts are in the positions point adjacent to its lower end(i f best shown in Fig. 7 are held against vthe inneredges of the upper arc-shaped portions of the plates 18, 18, adjacent to the recesses 26, 26, therein, by the springs 27, 27, which are secured to the segment 17 and whose free ends bear against the lever-handles 28, 28, Of Said triggers 24, 24, the said lever-handles being thereby forced against pins 29, 29, Onthe se ment, thus affording the necessary space Or the reception of the upper edge of t e paper 20. W en this has been done the lever handles 28, 28, are pulled toward each other against the pins 30, 30, when the heads 24, 24, of the triggers will be received in the recesses 26, 26, and then the retracting springs 31, 31, will instantlyy draw the plates 18, 18, inward, and their flanged ends 19, 19,

-rising from the base plate 3. The front endclamp the paper against the adjacent iianged edge of the segment 17 after which the screws 23, 23, are turned so that their needle points ma punch through the sheet 32 designates a stationary pin or lug rising from the segment 17, and 33 is a like pin or lug rising from the free end of a bent lever 34, pivoted at 35 to the segment 17 and at 36 to one of the plates 18. 37 designates another bent lever, pivoted at 38 to said segment and at 39 to the other plate 18, the free ends of these levers being in contact or enagement with each other, and when the Fanges 19 are clamped against the semicircular edge of the segment 17, with the sheet of pa er 20 between their adjacent surfaces, an it is desired to free the .said sheet, the pin or lug 33 is drawn toward the pin or lug 32, which forces the clamping plates 18, 18, outward, so that the trlgger heads 24, 24, are withdrawn from the recesses 26, 26,. and the springs 27, 27, force the trigger lever handles 28, 28, against the pins 29, 29, which cause said trigger-heads to move to the ositions shown in'Fig. 7, just beyond the e ge of the walls of the slots 26, 26, s0 that the triggers will be caught and held in said position until their lever handles lare again drawn towards each other, as heretofore described. In the use of narrow strips of paper, postal cards and the like, it is sometimes desirable to employ an additional clamp, for w hich purpose an extra clamp is provided, consisting of the langed plate 40 rigidly secured to the segment 17, at a point intermediate of the plates 18, 18, the downward flange of this plate 40 being rovide'd with a needle-pointed screw 41, ike the screws 23, 23, heretofore named.l

The described standard 8 is best shown, in section, in Fig. 6, the lower end 42 of said standard being reduced in diameter and screw-threaded and passed through a hole in the base plate 3, and held in place by a nut 43, above this point the said standard is hollow, for the reception of a tube 44, which passes up entirely through said standard and for a short distance above the top thereof. The standard 8 is formed with a slot 45 in its lower portion, through which there passes an arm 46, which projects from the described tube 44, and has play the length of said slot or partly so, as required. At this point the tube 44 fits snugly in the bore of the standard 8, but just above this the said bore is increased in diameter to receive a spiral spring 47, which surrounds said tube 44, the upper end of this spring bearing against a collar 48 on said tube 44, Which spring keeps said tube normally elevated, as shown in Fig. 6, the

boss 49 at the top of the tube 44, being here shown as raised above a bushing 51 fittmg ,in the top of the standard bore, but being capable of being brought down into contact with said bushing when the tube is depressed so that its arm 46 is at the base of slot 45, as shown in Fig. 8. The boss 49. has an arm 50 projecting therefrom (through a hole in which arm the rod 12 passes) and said arm carries at its end (which 'is referably forked, as shown in Fig. 1) a wheel) 52, covered with india-rubber, and which forms the platen of the machine, said Wheel being shown mounted on a vertical pin 53 and in the forked end of the arm 50. Within the tube 44 isthe line-spacing rod 54,' which is rovided, for the greater part of its length with rack-teeth 55, in a continuous series. The upper part of the tube 44 is slotted, as shown at 56, and

the corres onding part of the hollow standard-8 is s otted as shown at 57. The tube 44 has a lug 58, and attached to this lug, by pivot 59, is a detent pawl 60 held by spring 76 in engagement wlth the rack-teeth 55, and extending out from the up er end of pawl 60 is an arm 61 carrying allateral pin 62, said pin being in the path of the vertical arm of an angle lever 63, whose horizontal arm is connected to a vertically arranged rod 64, and when this rod is rotated for a slight distance, the angle lever 63, by pushing against pin 62, will force the detent pawl 60 out of engagement with the rack-teeth 55 and permit the rod 54 to drop by gravity to its lowest position. r[his rod 64 has its upper bearing in a lug 65 on the standard 8 and 1ts lower bearing in a lug 66 in said standard, above which the said rod is shown carrying a collar 67, and below this point the rod 64 is rigidly secured to a horizontal arm 68, to which a connecting rod 69 is pivotally connected by pivot bolt 70, and to the other end of said connecting rod 69, the lower end of a vertically arranged lever 71 is connected by pivot bolt 72, the upper end of the lever 71 eing rigidly connected to a rock-shaft 73, which passes through said lever, and to the said rock-shaft there is rigidly attached the inner end of the keylever 74 of the release key 75. Hence, by pressing on this key, the shaft 73 will be rocked, andthe verticalvrod 64 turned, so as to withdraw detent pawl 60 from the rack-teeth 55 of rod 54, and permit the latter to drop, as already v metal itself, l have shown a underside of lug 81 it is shown surrounded by a spirals ring 84, so as to normally hold rod 79 at its owest point, and thus keep the point of the ush-pawl 77 out of engagement with the rac -teeth 55. As the said rod 79 isde ressed bythe action of the spring 84, this raws down the pawl 77 over the bottom Wall of the slot 57 in standard 8, which thus withdraws the point of said pawl 77 from engagement with the rack-teeth 55, as best shown inFig. 6. 'lhe lower end of rod 79 is formed with a foot 85, which is shown as being received by the forked end of lever 86,l

the latter being centrally fulcrumed on pivot bolt 87, to lug 88 on `the base-plate 3, the other end of this lever 86 being received in the forked lower end of a vertical arm 89 pivotally suspended by pivot bolt 90 to lever 91, whose hub 92 is pivotally connected by pivot bolt 93, to post 94, rising from the base-plate 3. By depressing lever 91, the rod 54 is raised by the engagement of push-pawl 77 on rod 79 with the rackteeth 55. l

Pivoted to lever 91,- by pivot-bolt 95 is a crank 96 carrying a laterally projecting pin '97 which rests on said lever 91, and above this pin, and resting on it, is the free end of lever 98 supported by spring 99, and whose other end has a hub that is fast on a transverse shaft 101, which extends entirely across the machine and is supported in the frame-work thereof. This lever 98 carries, at about its center, a laterally projecting pin 102, and key-lever 103, of line space key 100, is pivoted at 104 to ost 94 and rests on said pin 102, so that by epressingline-space key 100 the lever 98 is depressed, and by it, through pin 97, lever 91 is depressed, and consequently arm 89 and adjacent end of lever 86, which raises the other end of lever 86 and with it rod 79, and its push-pawl 77. As the latter rises above the bottom wall of slot 57, the spring 80 forces said push pawl inward, and its point engages -with the ad- 'acent tooth of rack-teeth 55, and raises the 'ne s acing rod 54, one or two line spaces, accor ing' to the position of pin 97 on crank 96. In the osition of said pin 97 shown in full lines in ig. 9, this action will raise rod 54 two line spaces but if the crank 96 and its pin 97 is thrown over to the position shown in dotted lines in said Fig. 9, the rod 54 will be raised only one line space.

Brazed or otherwise rigidly fastened to the upper end of rod 54 is one end of a clamp 105, the other end bein split, as best shown in F ig. 7, this split end eing further formed with a screw-threaded bore (half in each half of the split end) and while said two halves of the-split end may be held firmly together by the spring or elasticity of. the binding screw 106 for tightly drawing them together. The described bore in the cla-mp is for the reception of a hollow screw 107, having an enlarged hollow open head 108, thisscrew 107 having a smooth bore through which a screw 109 is passed, this latter screw having a smooth shank just fitting within the described bore of screw 107, but said shank has a reduced screw-threaded end 110 which engages with a screw-threaded bore in the upper end of the before named rod 12, while the head 111 of screw 109 next its shank is of such diameter as to leave space for a surrounding series of balls 112, forming a ball bearing between this portion of the head 111 and the annularwall of the hollow open head 108 of screw 107 and above the same the said head 111 of screw 109 is enlarged in diameter so as to rest upon and cover the balls 'of said ball bearing and close the hollow openhead 108 of screw 107, all as clearly shown in Fig. 8. The object of this construction is to enable the operator, by turning the screw 107, to slightlvvary the elevation of the rod 12, and thus of the segment 17 to which the upper edge of the paper 20 is clamped, so as to insure writing upon a ruled line or precise particular point upon said sheet of paper.

I will next describe the construction of the shift keys and connections, premising this explanation with the statement that in my complete machine there may be twentyeight keys to print eighty-four characters arranged as in the standard keyboard of double-shift machines although, if desired, a less number of keys may be employed. This is immaterial, and in the present drawings, I have, for the sake of clearness, shown only a few tylpe keys, but this being a double shift mac ine, both the shift-keys and accessory parts are fully illustrated. I will irst refer to the single shift, used chiefly for the capital letters. As best'shown in'Fig. 6, the arm 46 which projects from the lower parts of tube 44 through slot 45 in standard 8, is pivotally connected, by link 113, to one end of lever 114, which latter is shown pivoted, at 115, to a lug 116 on the base-plate 3, and the other end of the lever 114 is perforated for the reception of the connecting rods 117, 118, for the single shift and double shift respectively, theconnecting rod 117 being pivotally connected by pivot bolt 119 to one end of the-single shift key lever 120, having single shift key 125 at its other end.

121, 122, designate two parallel horizontal members of the main frame of the machine and 123 is a vertical plate secured to said main frame, and a journal 126 extends'from this plate 123 to a lug 124, depending from the frame member 122. The single-shift key lever 120 is fast on this journal 126. By depressing key 125, the lever 120 will raise connecting rod 117 attached to its other end, and also raise the adjacent end of the lever 114 (by reason of the enlarged foot 127 of connecting rod 117, which is 1oelow the perforation in said lever 114) this depressing the opposite end of said lever 114, and thus pulling down on link 113, and thereby drawing down arm 46 (and tube 44 connected tlierewith) until the said-arm 46 strikes the horizontal stop arm 128 which projects laterally from the upturned end 129 of a lever 130, said lever being journaled in lugs 131, 132, rising from the base-plate 3, on a line outside of that of the lever 114; Thisaction, in drawing down the tube 44, thereby depresses the platen-wheel 52 carried by arm 50 secured to said tube 44, to bring said wheel 52' into the single shift position to receive the im pact of the middle character on the type block, as hereinafter described, it being understood that in double shift machines each type-block carries three characters one above the other.

The double shift" mechanism will next be described. The lever 130 just referred to has, on the opposite end from the stop arm 128, an upturned end 133, terminating in a curved rejecting arm 134 which extends over a b ock 135 fast on connecting rod 118. This rod, like rod 1 17, extends through a perforation in the adjacent end of lever 114 below which said rod is provided with an enlarged foot 136. The connecting rod 118 is pivotally connected by pivot bolt 137 to one end of the double-shift key lever' 138, which carries double-shift key 15() at its other end.

This lever 138 is shown mounted on a Ycollar 139 which is loose on the before named journal 126. By depressing the said doubleshift key 150 fast to one end of said lever 138, the other end of this lever is raised and with it, the connecting rod 118 and adjacent end of lever 114, and the block 135 on said connecting rod 118 raises the curved arm 134 on the end of lever 130, thereby rocking said lever, and consequently rocking the end 129 and lateral stop-arm 128 of said lever 130 back out of the way-of arm 46, on the tube 44, and as the attached end of lever 114 is raised by the connecting rod 118, the other end' of said lever 114 pulls down, through link 113, on said arm 4.6, and as the stop-arm 128 is now out of the way, the said arm 46 is pulled down the whole distance ofthe slot 45, and the platen-wheel 52 carried by said tube 44, as above described, is brought down in double-shift position to receive the impact of the lowest of the three characters on the type-block.

140 designates a lever designed for rotating the slotted tube 4, which,by means of arm 13, rotates the rod 12 which carries the segment 17 to which the sheet of paper 2O is clamped. The toothed segment 16 hereinbefore named, is fast on the tube 4, as stated, and just below this is another and smaller toothed segment 141, also fast on vtube 4. This latter segment f141 meshes with a .toothed segment 142 (also below segment 16) on one end'of an arm 143, whose other end is fast to a sleeve 144, to which the lever 140 is attached, the inner end of said lever being forked, and the tines 145, 145, of said forked end straddling the said sleeve, bearing against lugs 146, 146, on said sleeve 144 and there secured by pivot screws 147, 147 there being a stop-arm 148 projecting forwardly from the tcp of said sleeve to imit the upward movement of the forked end of said lever 140. A vertical rod 149 extends through said sleeve -144, and is made fast thereto. The upper end of this rod 149 is received in a lug 151 projecting forwardly from the iront-face of the outerpart 10 oi the hereinbefore described curve paper holder and guide, While the lower end of rod 149 is stepped in the barrel 152 of the main spring 153 which moves the segment 16, and tube 4 as hereinafter described. Projecting from said sleeve 144 is a two armed plate 154 on which there rests the lower end of a coiled spring 155, whose upper end is received in a recess in the underside of the lever 140, and which spring holds this end of the said lever up against the described stop-arm 148.

The teeth of the segment 16 are for the engagement therewith of the letter-space dogs, 156 being the iixed and 157 the movable dog pivoted to the shank of said xed dog by pivot-screw 158. The ixed dog 156 is fast to a rock-shaft 159, which rocks on the pointed ends of screws 160, 160, projecting from hangers 161, 161, which are fast on another rock-shaft 162, which is .'ournaled in the uprights` 163, 163, of the ain frame.

164 is a lug on the rock-shaft 159 and from this lug a spiral spring 165 extends to a point on the base-plate 3, and is there made fast. The function of this spring 165 is to keep the points of the dogs 156, 157, at their lowest positions, with the point of movable dog 157 in mesh with the teeth of segment 16, which is done by holding the shaft 159 in its rocked over position.

Fast on shaft 159 are the backward projecting levers 166, whose free ends rest on pins 168 projecting laterally from levers 167, which are pivoted at 169 to lugs 170 on the base-plate 3. These levers 167 have pivoted thereto, as shown at 171, the lower ends of lift rods 172, which are providedl with series of laterally projecting pins 17 3, 173, and whose upper ends have sliding movement in lugs 174 on the main frame. l

175 designates the space bar, extending as usual across the front of thejmachine, and secured at each end to a space bar lever 176 which levers extend through the vertical slots in the front and rear combs 177, 178, as usual. lThese space vbar levers are conwithin the slots of the 4back comb 178, by

springs e184) the connecting rods 179 will pull. own the outer ends of the arms 180 on Shafts `181 and the pins 183 will raise the contacting pins =173 and with them the lift rods 172 which will raise lthe levers 167 and with the v' ins 168 and therebythe levers 166, which wi rock the shaft 159 which carries the dogs 156, 157, and permits one tooth of the segment 16 ,h eld by saiddogs against the vforce of the main spring 153, Ato escape.

Rising .from the base-plate 3 are bearings 1,85, 185, for the transverse shaft 186 to which are rigidly secured the .side bars 187, 187, forming, with the front transverse vertically arranged late 188, a bail, which is just beneath the ever 140. These side bars 1187 @have -rearward extensions 189 projecting under forward arms 190 fast on theshaft 162. The bail is Vkept normally 'elevated by coiled s ring A1.91 extending' from the rear eXtension 189 of one of the bail side bars to a vpin 192 .onv the =base late 3, and the rear extensions 189 have limited play between lateral pins 193 and 194 on the said bearings 185, 185. Whengthe lever 140 Ais depressed, it depressesthe said bail 187, 188, and raises the arms 190 on shaft 162 and thus rocks said shaft and this brings the hangers 161 forward, carrying with them the shaft 159 which .withdraws the oints of the dogs 156, 157 from the teethfo the .segment 16, thus allowing the .slotted tube 4 with all its at-` tachments to be rotated freely back 'and forth by the lever 140. The sheet of paper 20 may thus be carried to the leftto begin a new line by means of this lever 140, or if pre# ferred, by th'e depression of the key 200 which with its attachments will be next de-l scribed. IWith the lever 140, the paper carriage 17 may be moved back and forth, by hand, to any point desired, and the paper keptonthe .same line, `but with the key 2 00, the -said Vholder is always moved to the eX- treme right with its left .edge op osite the beginning of the line, by the simp e depression of the vsaid key 200 and simultaneously therewith the rod 54 is elevated one or two teeth (according to adjustment) whereby the paper carriage carries the sheet of paper 20 upward -to -present the beginning of a new line .to-writtenu-ponlin the following manner. The key 200 is fast to the obliquely 6 5 .outer .endtof a .lever '195 whose inner 4end is lfast to one end of a 196 and whose inner end issuppprted .in a 'bearin 4197 projecting from the ack comb 178, and `198 deslgnates an arm rigidly secured to and projecting downward from said shaft 196.

thus moves the arm 143 also rigid with said sleeve so that the toothed segment 142 on said arm will engage the .toothed segment 141, to which tube 4 is made fast, and thus move said tube, and carry it and its contained rod 54 around, the said rod moving the paper carriage 17 around to the extreme right so that the leftedge of the paper can ried thereby will be brought to the printing oint in front of the platen wheel 52'.. hile this is -being done, the pin 199 on the lever 198 is depressing the arm 201, and thus inwardly rocking the rock shaft 101, and hence .depressing lever 98, and then the connected partsra'ise the line-spacing rod 54 i For this purpose, a pawl 203 for engagement with the teeth of se ment 16, is employed,

,which is pivoted on t e back-space slide 204,

and normally held out of engagement with said teeth, by onewall of the cut out lower portion of the part 10 of the paper holder, as shown in Fig. 4, there being a spring 205 on said slide bearing a ainst said pawl. This slide 204 is held 1n t is position by a coiled s ring y206 extending from one end of said s ide to a lug 207 on the base-plate 3, and the contact of a pin 208 against a slide bearing' 209 on said base. The other end of this slide 204 moves in a like bearin 210 on the base-plate. At this other end t e slide carries another pin 211 for engagement with the arm 212 of a bell-crank pivoted at 213 to a lug on the said baselate, and the other arm 214 of this bell-cran extends .into the path of a downward arm 215 forming the inner end of lever 216, of the back-spacing key 225 which lever is pivoted as shown atv 217, to plate 218 secured to adjacent upright 163.

ever 216 is held up by spring 219, from late 218, in similar .manner tothe support o the adjacent levers 74 and 103, by springs 220, and 221 from the same plate 218. When the back-spacing key 225 1s depressed thearm 215 of its ke -lever 216 rocks the bell-crank lever, .by pusliing .against .its arm214 Iso that right hand end of the machine, which causesl the-other bell-c arm 212 engages the pin 2110i the slide 204 and draws it toward the the awl 203 to engage with the adjacent toets of the segment 16, and draw said segment back one tooth, for each depression of the -ke 225, until the desired oint to be printe upon is reached. Each time the key 225 is released, the spring 206 draws the slide 204 to its former or normal position.

in connection with the lever 140 which actuates the paper carriage, a series of col' umn sto s are provided which will now be described. The front transverse vertically arranged plate 188 of the bail beneath the lever 140, has grouped, at each end thereof, series of key levers of different lengths, pivoted upon common fulcrum points, the inner ends of these levers terminating in upward projections, forming stops, all as best shown 1n lcligs. 4 and 11, where 222, 222, designate the said fulcrum points, 223, 223, the said key levers, 224, 224, the said upward projections at the inner end of said key levers, 226, 226, the keys thereof, 227, 227, the upper stop ins, and 228, 228, the lower stoppins on t e plate 188 to limit the movement i of the said key-levers, and 229, 229,-the

springs which keep said key levers normally up against the upper stop-pins 227, 227. The said plate 188 is further provided on each side with upward projecting pins 230,

230, which serve to limit the travel of the.

lever 140. These column stop keys 226, 226, are arranged so that by pressing down on any one of these keys the projection 224 of its lever 223 will thereby be raised up in the ph of the lever 140, whose travel is thereby ited tov Whatever stop 224 is thus elevated, the paper carriage being carried to the corresponding point, by means of a further depression of said key with the key-lever 223 resting on the lower sto p-pin 228, which will depress the plate 188, and the whole bail of which it forms a part, this serving to withdraw the dogs 156 157, from the teeth of the segment 16 (just as when the said bail was" depressed by the lever 140, as already described) and this will ermit the said lever 140 to be moved by t e unwinding of the spring 152, until the lever encounters the described upturned end 224 of the key-lever 223. The spring 153, heretofore named, is secured, one end to the rod 149 below and fast to the sleeve 144 to which the lever 140 is attached, and the other end of its spring to its barrel 152 and hence each time the lver 140 is moved to the left, this spring is w und up and under tension, so that when the dogs 156, 157, are withdrawn from the segment 16, this spring 153 automatically unwinds., The various column stop keys 226, are preferably marked with numbers corres onding to the number of the type-spaces w ich their projections 224 permits to be utilized before the they number of such keys and the distance' between keys can be as desired.

To enable the operator to at all times determine, at a glance, the particular point being printed upon, on-any line, an indicator is4 provided, as follows. vThe vertical rod 149 which is fast to, and rises from the sleeve 144, and whose upperend passes throughlug 151 carries fast thereon, above said lu'g, a semicircular internal gear 231, which is in mesh with a mutilated pinion 232 fast on a vertical arbor 233, herein shown journaled in said lug' 151 and lug 234 above, and having a collar 235 above said lug 151, while just above said.

pinion 232 the arbor has fast thereon the hub 236 of a pointer arm237, whose pointed free end projects through a transverse slot 238 on the curved front central casting 182 of the main frame of the machine.

239 designates a coiled spring surrounding the arbor 233 between lug 234 and the pointer hub 236, the ends of this spring being connected to said arts so that the tension of this spring will life increased as the pointer is moved from right to left, and this takes up any lost motion between the teeth of the gear 231 and its pinion 232, to insure accuracy at the outer end ofthe pointer 237 where vit moves over a scale 240, just below slot 238, and this said pointer indicates the particular type-space opposite the printing point on the sheet of paper 20, at any time.

241 designates a bell'which is carried upon a movable slide 242 which has movement in a path parallel with the scale 240 in a transverse slot 243 formed in the curved front central casting 182 below the slot 238 above referredv to. A set-screw 244 is provided for holdingthe said slide at any desired point in j said slot, said set-screw enabling the slide to be clamped at any desired point relatively to the scale 240. A bell-hammer 246 ispivoted to said slide by means of a stud 245 on said slide. The bell-hammer 246 has attached to it a triparm 247 which projects into the pathway of the pointer 237 and is so constructed as to raise the bell-hammer 246 when engaged by the said pointer 237 the hammer being dropp'ed against the bell when the pointer 237 passes beyond the end of the trip-arm 247. At the return sweep of the pointer 237 the arm 247 is tripped without 'raising the hammer 246. By this device an alarm may be sounded the required number of spaces be.

ey whose projection stopsrthe paperr of the arc-shaped up er rim 252 of the typepawl.

.basket frame, and t en around the ribbon spools 253, 254. These spools are fast to the upper ends of vertical shafts 255, 256, which have their upper bearings in ears 257, 257

rojecting from said rim 252, and their lower gearin in lugs 258 on the base-plate 3. Each s aft 255, 256, carries a ratchet-wheel 259 fast thereon, and is loosely connected by a link 260, to connecting rods 261, whose Aother ends are pivotally connected to the arms of the two-armed plate 154. Mounted upon the same pivots which connectthe links and connecting rods are pawls 262, 263, pawl 262 being a pull-pawl and 263 a push- The pivoted ond of each pawl is formed with a hub, having a notch or recess in its periphery, for the reception of the free end of a spring 264, secured to the adjacent link 260, and the rods 261 also carry springs 265A whose free ends bear against the said pawls 262, 263,`beyond their pivoted points.

- The functions of the springs 264 is to hold the pawls out of engagement with the ratchetwheels 259, one of said pawls being always out of, and the other pawl always in such engagement, and the springs 265 are only operative when the pawls 262 or 263 are in engagement with said ratchet wheels. It Will therefore be understood that when the ribbon is unwound from either spool, the operator will'pull the adjacent pawl away from the ratchet-wheel offsuch spool, and throw the other pawl into engagement with its ratchet wheel.

The vertical rod 149, which constitutes the motor shaft of the machine, has secured to its lower end, one end of the power spring 153, whose other end is fast to the spring vbarrel 152, as best shown in hig. 14, and the said s ring barrel is held in a recess in the base-p ate 3 by; clips 266, 266, and the bottom plate of said arrel is formed with annular .exterior ratchet teeth 267, for engagement with a dog 268 pivotally connected to the underside of base-plate 3 and held into such engagement by a s ring 269. The motor shaft 149 is ste pe in the center of said lower plate of t e spring barrel, and, below this point, the said plate is rovided with a depending squared wrench- Aead 270, all as best shown in l' ig. 15, whereby the spring can bey independently wound up to increase its tension. Hence, with each rotation of' the shaft 149, it'will be seen that the ribbon 249 is fed, through the above described connections.

The arc-shaped upper rim 252 ofthe type basket frame 1s struc on a radius from t e described printin point of the platen wheel 52, as are also t e two spiral stepped side strips 271, 271, which start from the rear ends of said rim 252, and whose interrupted lower ends are joined to the uprights 163, 163, of the main frame. Between the said rim 252, and each ste of the strips 271 are the pivot posts 272 o the type bars 273, whose free ends 274 constitute the type-blocks each having three vertically arranged printing characters, as already stated. 275, 275 designate the upper pivot ins of said pivot posts and these pins are eac 1 formed with an eccentric cone point 277 on the lower end and a kerf for a screw driver on the upper i end. These pins pass through smooth bores in the rim 252 and are held in position to which they have been adjusted by set-screws 279 and when the latter are loosened the pins 275 can be slightly turned, so that the cone points 277 which rest in seats in the exact center of the tops of the pivot-posts 27 2 willv move the upper ends of said posts at a slight angle from the vertical, so that the type bars 273, which are rigidly connected to saidposts 272, can be adjusted to cause the printl ing characters on their type blocks 274 to strike against the precise printing point on the laten Wheel 52. To permit a necessary vertical adjustment oi said pivot posts their lower ends are also formed with central seats to receive the concentric cone points 278 of adjusting screws 276fwhicl1 pass through the steps of the side strips 271, these screws being kept in adjusted position by setscrews 280 and having kerfs in their heads to receive a screw drlver'for such adjustment, all as best shown in Fig. 13. These ivot-posts 27 2 are of successively increased engths as the distance increases between the rim 252 and each successive ste of the side stri s 271, but otherwise exact y alike, and eac has a perforated ear 281 projecting laterally from its lower portion, through which there passes the up er end of a torsion spring 282 rising from a ug 283 on the side strip 271, this spring being to return the' type-bar 273 to a position of rest, after printing. Upon the opposite side of each pivot post 272 is an arm 284 to which is connected a rod 285, whose other-end is pivotally connected to one arm 286 of a bell-crank having an elongated center-post 287 and another arm 288. These center-posts 287 are of different lengths, and project beyond the said arms 286, 288, of said bell-cranks, said arms being on diHerent vertical planes on the different bell-cranks as shown. TheA said center-posts 287 are pivoted between the uprights 163 and lugs 289 on the inwardly inclined Y-shaped continuation 290 of the central front casting 182 of the main frame, the stem 291 of this art 290 extending down to the horizonta frame member 121, and there being additional center-posts 287 between this stem 291 and the uprlghts 163. These center-posts 287 of the sald bellcranks are also provided with rearward extending ins 292 for engagement with the pins 173 o the hereinbefore named lift-rods 172 of the spacing mechanism.

To each bellcrank arm 288 there is pivotally connected the upper end of a rod 293 whose lower end is similarly connected to the corresponding type key lever 294 (having its type-key 250 on its outer end) the rear end of each key-lever 294 being fulcrumed in the back comb 178,y and held to place by spring 295. As one of the typle-keys 250 is depressed, its lever 294 Wi pull down its rod 293 connected with arm 288 of the described bell-crank lever andl rock the center-post .287 thus pulling over the other arm 286 which throughyitsl described connections causes the pivotirotate., This 'causes' post 272 to partiall the type-bar 273 `w 'ich is rigid on said ivot-post to swingv around soas to bring its type-block274vopposite the 4described printing point and give'an impact. of one of -the prlnting characters thereon on the ribbon and paper against thev platen-wheel 52, as bestindicated in Figs. 5and 12. .This

described movement, at the. same*l time through. the pin 292 will raise the lift-rod 172and therebyT operate the letter-spacing mechanism plreviously described. -When the operators ger is lifted from the type-key 250 just struck the torsion spring 282 will restore the typebar 273 to its normal position, the sprin 295 simultaneously liftin the lever 294 o said key 250 to its ori `na place. All of the type-bars 273 are o the same lengthA and the pivot-posts to which they are connected are at equal distances apart, so that all the type-bars will nest against the arc-shaped u per rim 252 of the type-basket frame, on tlh plane. A

VThe hereinbefore named release key lever 74 is Vfast to a rock shaft A73 as already stated, and the other end of this rock-shaft is supported in a lu 296 depending from the horizontal mem er 122 of the main frame. The described spiral stepped side stri s 271 have broad inner faces, as shown in ig. 2, but on the outer! side are formed with the-zig-zagltsleries of steps as indicated by the dotted e 297, in same figure, so that the screws 276 can be inserted through vertical bores through these steps, as best shown in Fig. 13, and the lower ends of these strips 271 are joined vto the uprights 163, by lateral extensions 298, 299, asine same horizontal through the slots in the upper portion of the eisgoss dicated in Fig. 3.- The different keys of the machine and their actions have been described, key 100 being the lower s ace key,

Athe key 200 being thecombined 'ne-space and return key, while the key 300 at the outer end of lever 140, would be properly termed'the return key, as it is used to simpl restore the -paper carriage to position wit the sheet of'paper at the beginning of a line, without raislng said sheet.

It will be understood that the line-spacing rod 54 fits so closely within the tube 44, that when it is released by the release key it falls against an air-cushion, as the hollow standard 8 is closed at the bottom, and hence it descends without jar, which is a great advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isz- 1. In a typewriting machine, a vertically arranged motor-shaft, a spring a plied to turn said shaft, an upright revoluble tube, Aa vertically slidin rod mounted within and turnin With said tube, a sector- ;shaped paper-hol er attached to the upper end of said rod, a toothed segment secured vto the lower end of said revoluble tube, a

toothed segment secured to the motor-shaft and intermeshing with that' on 'said tube, and a letter spacing escapement device for controlling the rotary .movement of said tube, rod and paper-holder under the action of said spring. n @2.1 In a ty e-writing machine, the combiv nation with t e base-plate of ahollovT standard rising therefrom andslotted in its u er iportion, a vertically movable tube wlt in and projecting above said standard, and

slotted in its upper .portion a s ring within said standard for keeping said tuRb elevated; a vertically movable line s acing rod, formed with continuous externa rackteeth, within said tube; a detent pawl on said tube for engagement with said rack teeth; a lever-actuated rod supported parallel to said standard; a push pawl on vsaid rod forengagement with said rack-teeth, both the detent pawl and push pawl extending tube and standard; a vertlcally movable rod supported adjacent tol the said standard; a paper-carriage'secured to and extending from said rod; and a clamp extending from the upper end of the line-spacing rod, and

yconnected vto the paper-carriage supporting e normally l to the uppler end of which saidv lmapas communicating smooth central longitudinal bore; another screw, havin a smooth shank fitting in the bore of thelhrst named screw and terminating in a reduced screw-threaded Y end which engages within the screw-threaded bore in the u )per end ofthe verticall movable rod, the ead lof the smooth shan being located within the hollow head of the large screw againsta ball-bearing therein; a Yvertically movable line spacing rod-supported ad'acent to the pa er-carrlage supportin ro just named, an( a clamp rigidly unite to the upper end of the said Ime-spacing rod, and having-:a screw-threaded bore for engagement with the before named large screw at the upper end of the other rod.

4. In` a typewriting machine, the Acombination with a curved horizontal scale, of a vertical revolving shaft in geared connection with the paper carrying mechanism of the machine; a vertical revolving arbor in geared connection with the said shaft, a spring aplied to take u lost motion in the gearing etween the sald shaft and the said arbor; a pointerA fast upon said arbor and extending over the said curved scale, a bell, a slide carrying said bell, said slide being movable in a path parallel with said scale, means for securing t e said slide in any desired position relative to th scale, a hammer pivotally I supported on the said slide, and a trip-arm connected with` the said hammer and projectinlg into the path of the said pointer.

5. n a typemiting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter space movement about a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a longitudinally slotted upright revoluble tube, a vertically movable rod sliding within and turning with said tubel and carrying said paper-holder at its u per end, an arrn secured to the lower end oF said rod and rojecting horizontally through a slot in said tube, a toothed segment secured to the lower end of said tube, an arm rigidly attachedv to and projecting horizontally from the upper end of said tube, and a vertical rod extending between and rigidly attached at its ends to said arm and toothed segment, said rod having sliding engagement with the horizontal arm which projects from the lower end of the vertical rod within the sliding tube.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, of a sector-shaped paper holder having swinging letter space movement on a vertical axis and vertical line-space movement, a vertically sliding line-space rod connected at its up er end with said paper-holder and provi ed with ratchet teeth, a s rinoressed detent pawl normally engage wit the ratchet teeth lon said rod, a vertical, rotative rod rovided with an arm adapted to act on said etent pawl when the rod is turned in a nanner to disengage said detent pawl from the ratchet teeth, a rigid horizontal arm on the lower end of said vertical rod, and a keylever having operative connection with the said horizontal arm.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a vertically movable linespace rod connected at its upper end with said pa er-holder and provided with a series of ratc et teeth, a vertically movable operating rod provided with a push pawl adapted to operate on said ratchet teeth to lift the line-space rod, a spring pressed detent pawl ada ted to normally engage said ratchet teet an upright rotative rod rovided with a laterally extending arm a apted to act upon said detent pawl to disengage the same from the ratchet teeth of the line-space rod, and a ke -lever having operative connection with saidv vertically movable operating rod and also with the said vertical, rotative rod whereby both the push pawl and the detent pawl may be simultaneously disengaged from the line-space rod.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter space movement on a vertical axis and a vertical linespace movement, an upright hollow standard provided with a slot in its upper ortion, a vertically movable tube adapte to slide within and projecting above said hollow standard, the upper part of said tube being slotted to correspond with the slot in the upper part ofsaid standard, a platen-supportlng arm on the upper end of said tube, means connected with said tube for giving shiftmovement to the platen, a line-s acing rod sliding in said tube and connecte at its upper end with the said paper-holder, said linespacing rod being provided with a series of ratchet teeth, a spring-pressed detent pawl pivoted to said tube and engaging said ratchetl teeth, said detent pawl being .provided withv an arm which extends outwardly through the slot in the standard, a vertical, rotative rod mounted parallel with the stand- 'ard and provided with an arm adapted to act upon the detent pawl when said rod is turned, a vertical, endwise movable operating rod mounted adjacent to said standard provided at its upper end with a push-pawl adapted to engage said ratchet teeth on the line-space rod, key-actuated means for giving vertical movement to said operating rod, and key-actuated means for turning said vertical rod to release the detent pawl from the said linespace rod.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder, an upright revoluble tube, a vertically movable rod sliding within and turning end of said vertically movable tube carrying the said platen, a spring withinsaid standard for keeping said tube normally elevated,

a verticall -movable line-s acing rod sliding in said tu e and connecte at its upper end with said paper-holder, said line-spacmgrod. -being provided with ratchet teeth, as ringpresse detent pawl adapted to norma y engage the said ratchet teeth, Va vertically movable push-pawl acting on said ratchet teeth to lift the hue-spacing rod, andkey-actuated means forl operating said push pawl.

10. In a ty e-Writing machine, the combination with t e paper carriage, and return key and its lever and connected mechanism, for moving said carriage to always present the left edge of the sheet of paper carried thereby to the printing point whenever said key is operated, of a vertically arranged plate beneath said return key lever having at each end thereof, a sto for said lever, and series vof key levers of differenty lengths pivoted upon common fulcrum posts, the inner ends of these levers terminating in upward rojections; stop pins above and below each ever adjacent to its outer end, and s rings for keeping said key levers norma y up against the upper stop-pins, said groups of key levers forming column stops, arranged at predetermined distances apart. j

' 11. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a ack-spacing key and its lever, of a bell-crank lever pivoted to a lug on the base plate of the mac 'ne an arm depending from said key-lever in engagement With one arm of the said bell-crank lever; a horizontal slide having its bearings in lugs on said baseplate; a toothed segment; a paper-carriage supported from and movable with said segment; a spring-controlled pawl on said slide A in engagement with the teeth of said segment; pins on said slide, one of them being inv engagement with the other arm of said bellcrank lever, and the other for engagement with the adjacent bearing-lug of the said slide, and a coiled spring extending from the end of said slide to a fixed point on the said base-plate.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination 0f a platen, a vertically movable horizontally swinging, sector-shaped paperholder, a slotted hollow standard, avertically movable tube within the standard, a linespacing rod Within said tube, the upper end of which is connected with and gives vertical movement to said paper-holder, said spacing rod being provided with ratchet teeth, a vertical, endwise movable operating rod mounted adjacent to said standard, a springcontrolled push pawl on said .iodadapted to l engage the ratchet teeth on the line-spacing' ro norinally depress t e same, and a key-'lever connected with and giving movement tosaid operating rod.

j 13. In a type-writing machine', the combi-` nation of a platen, a `sector-shaped paperholder. having swinging letter space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a vertically movable linespacing rod, the upper end of which is connected with and gives vertical movement to a spring actin on said operatingrod to said paper-holder, and which is provided with ratchet teeth, a vertical, endwise slidin o erating rod provided with` a push-paw adapted to act upon the ratchet teeth on said line-spacing rod, and means for actuating said verticall movable rod embracing a lever pivoted etweeniits endsto swing in a Vertical Plane, a second horizontally arjy ranged lever lvotally 'supported at one end and provided etween its ends with adepending arm, the lower end of which is engaged with the rst named lever, a transverse horizontal rock-shaft provided with ya rigid horizontal arm, the free end of which acts dovmwardly on said second lever, said arm being provided with a laterally projecting pin, and a line-spacing key-lever adapted-to act upon the laterally projecting pin.

14. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the base-plate of a hollow standard rising therefrom, a vertically movable tube within said standard and a linespacing rod vertically movable Within said tube, of mechanism for elevating said linespacing rod, and means for releasing same, and permitting the said rod to descend by gravity, the said hollow` standard being closed at the bottom to provide an air-cushion, whereby the said rod will descend slowly and without jar, on its release.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter-Space movement on a vertical aXls and vertical linespace movement, an upright rotative tube, a rod which is vertically movable within said tube and turns therewith, said rod carrying the pa er-holder at its upper end, a spring applic to act on said tube to turn the paperholder in the direction vof its letter space feed, a horizontally swinging key-lever connected with the said tube for returning the paperholder to its starting point against theaction of said sp a ratchet segment secured to the lower en of said tube, a horizontal rockshaft carrying letter-spacing dogs for engagement with the rato et segment, a transverse rock-shaft located above .the dogcarrying. rock-shaft and provided with deending arms aording bearings for the said og-carrying rock-shaft, and provided also with a forwardly projecting rigid arm, a

vertically movable bail at the front of the machine having a rearward extension projecting under said Vforwardly projecting arm on the said upper rock-shaft, anda spring applied to keep said bail normally elevated; said return key-lever extending over said bail and acting upon the same when d epressed to withdraw said dogs from the sald ratchet segment, thereby permittin the tube and paper-holder to be swung free y by the action of said key-lever.

16. In a typewriting machine, the c ombination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having' swinging letter-space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a spring apphed to turn said paper-holder in the dlrectlon of the letter-space feed, a4 pawl-and-ratchet mechanism for giving line-space movement to.4 said paper-holder, and means for returnmg the paper-holder to its starting point against the action of said spring and at the same time eii'ecting line-space movement of said paper-holder, com rising a rock-shaft extending transverse y of the machine, said rock-shaft being provided with a rigidi attached ke -lever and with a rigid, depend) ing arm, a horizontally oscillating arm connected with and adapted to give turning movement to the paper-holder and which is located in the path of said depending arm on said rock-shaft, a second, horizontal transversely arranged rock-shaft provided with a rigid arm, a pin .carried by the iirst named rock-shaft and adapted to act upon the arm of said second rock-shaft to turn the same when the key-lever is actuated, and operative connections between'said second rockshaft and said pawl-and-ratchet mechanism adapted to give line-space movement to said paper-holder when said key-lever is operated.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter-space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, an upright rotative tube provided at its lower end with a gear-segment, a rod sliding verticallyin said tube and turning therewith and carrying at its upper end the said paper-holder, a spring acting on said tube to turn the same in a direction to give letter-space movement to said paper-holder, an escapement mechanism for giving letter-space movement to said paper-holder under the action of said spring, an upright rock-shaft .provided with a gearsegment intermeshing with the gear-segment on' the lower end of said tube, a horizontally swinging arm on said rock-shaft, a horizontal Y transverse rock-shaft provided with a depending arm adapted to engage the arm on said vertical roc -shaft and provided also with a key-lever, a second horizontal, transverse rock-shaft provided with a rigid arm, a pin carried by the first named rock-shaft and acting on the arm of said second rock-shaft to turn the same when the key-lever is depressed, a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism for giving line-space movement to the paper holder, and a connection between said second rock-shaft and said pawl-and-ratchet mechanism.

1,8. In a ty ewriting machine, the combination of a p aten, asector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter-space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a s ring applied to turn said. paper-holder in t e direction of letterspace feed, an escapement mechanism for giving letter-space movement to said paperholder, a vertically movable line-space rod connectedwith said paper-holder and provided with ratchet teeth, a vertical, endwise movable operating rod provided with a pushpawl adapted to engage the ratchet teeth on said line space rod, a key-lever adapted to act upon t e paper-holder to give backward movement to the same against the action of said spring, a horizontal, transverse rockshaft` adapted to be turned or actuated by the depression of said key-lever, and a connection between said rock-shaft and the said operating rod, embracing a horizontally extending, rigid arm on said rock-shaft, a horizontally arranged pivoted lever against which said arm acts downwardly, when the said-key-lever is depressed, said lever being provided with a depending arm, and a second orizontally arranged lever pivoted between its ends, engaged at one end with said depending arm and at its opposite end with said operating rod.

1-9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a sector-shaped paperholder having swinging letter-space movement on a vertical axis and vertical linespace movement, a s ring applied to turn said pa er-holder in a irection to give letterspace eed, an escapement mechanism for giving letter-s ace movement tosaid paperholder, a vertlcally movable line-space rod, connected with said paper-holder and provided with ratchet teeth, a vertically movable actuating rod provided with a pushawl adapted to engage the teeth on said ine-space rod, a key-lever adapted to act upon the paper-holder to return the same against the action of said spring, a horizontal, transverse rock-shaft adapted to be turned or actuated by the depression of said ke lever, and a connection between said roc shaft and the said vertically movable operating rod embracing a horizontall extending, rigid arm on said rock-shaft, a iiorizontally arranged pivoted lever' provided witha depending arm, a crank plvoted to said lever and provided with a pin which rests upon the same and extends beneath the rigid arm of the said rock-shaft, and a second horizontally arranged-lever, pivoted between its ends and 

